The training diet thread

[Halb]

Anyone tried the vegan protein powders?
http://www.amazon.com/Sun-Warrior-Vanilla-Protein-...

[Lost_BMW]

Halb said:

Anyone tried the vegan protein powders?
http://www.amazon.com/Sun-Warrior-Vanilla-Protein-...

No, but my brother has done a couple of spreadsheets detailing amounts of protein and ranking them by grams per calorie, grams of protein per £/value etc. for various powders and bars, and he's listed which bars are vegetarian I think.

A bit like the screen grab here.




PM if you want a copy.

[Flibble]

theshrew said:

Glad you posted that. I love a my coffee. Yesterday when i went shopping i got some whitener stuff thinking it would be better than milk. Seems i was wrong

Ive learnt loads about what to / or not eat etc since i started working out but still so much more to learn. Some things you think will be good turn out to be bad and visa versa lol

Drink coffee properly - neat* - and it's no problem.

• Proper neat coffee is a shot of espresso, straight up.

[LordGrover]

... except some research suggests coffee/caffeine while helping to keep alert and stimulated may also inhibit fat burning.
So... you may be able to work harder for longer so potentially build more muscle, you may lose less fat. :shrug: :dunno:

[Hoofy]

LordGrover said:

... except some research suggests coffee/caffeine while helping to keep alert and stimulated may also inhibit fat burning.
So... you may be able to work harder for longer so potentially build more muscle, you may lose less fat. :shrug: :dunno:

Don't slimming pills contain caffeine, though?

[Ordinary_Chap]

LordGrover said:

... except some research suggests coffee/caffeine while helping to keep alert and stimulated may also inhibit fat burning.
So... you may be able to work harder for longer so potentially build more muscle, you may lose less fat. :shrug: :dunno:

I have read both sides of the argument, decided I love caffeine (probably from living in Italy/USA for far too long) and decided to enjoy some blissful ignorance and drink it by the bucketload each day!

[NoVetec]

Jimbo NW said:

I'm back on a serious cut from today, first carb free breakfast so treated myself:
4 rashers of bacon
Scrambled eggs
2 black pudding (non oat variety)
Who said a training diet was hard ey?

Where do you get the non oat variety from?

Can't find it anywhere.

Anyone know what the best substitute is if you're making your own?

[Lost_BMW]

Panorama on Thursday at 8.00 "Putting Sports Supplements To The Test" looking into manufacturer claims and the efficacy of supplements.

[LordGrover]

NoVetec said:

Where do you get the non oat variety from?

Can't find it anywhere.

Anyone know what the best substitute is if you're making your own?

Google turned up this: click - any use?

[NoVetec]

LordGrover said:

Google turned up this: click - any use?

Thanks, I couldn't find much when I tried.

I take it with rice it'll be quite lower in carbs compared to wheat as they'll use less in the process?

I'm trying to come up with a filling, tasty breakfast whilst on a cut as such.

Edited by NoVetec on Tuesday 17th July 08:56

[Halb]

Does anyone ever juice beets?

[Hoofy]

Halb said:

Does anyone ever juice beets?

We're going to have a falling out very soon, Mr Halb. Eating beetroot as they are (peeled!) is heavenly.

[LordGrover]

Roasted beets amongst sweet pots, onion, carrots, celeriac, squash, etc is just smashing - probably not too bad for you either.

[Hoofy]

Woah there! I eat them on their own. I love the fresh beetroot packs you can get. I also drink the juice that you find in the vacuum packs.

[digger_R]

Halb said:

Does anyone ever juice beets?

Juicing them is incredible, can be a bit of an overload at first - I suffered from headaches to start off with as it's massive cleanse for your liver. Recommended to mix 1 part beet to 2/3 parts water to allow your body to absorb all the nutrients in concentrations it likes.
If you drink it for a few days you will feel the difference!
You might want to add something like an apple to sweeten the taste a little if you don't like the earthy taste

[horico]

Halb said:

Interesting article on casesin.
http://www.motivatingmax.com/casein

Casein is not required at any time of the day, your body will not worry itself waiting while you sleep for it's next lump of protein. It's the total over the day, over several days that matters. Save money and get whey protein to help you get to your protein numbers. There has never been a study that has proved that the 'regular feed' method that is touted by many as being better than any other method.

[Halb]

Hoofy said:

Halb said:

Does anyone ever juice beets?

We're going to have a falling out very soon, Mr Halb. Eating beetroot as they are (peeled!) is heavenly.

If you throw a can of red beetbull at my head, then I very may well trim your goatee.

You eat raw beets, or boil them or something?

Hoofy said:

Woah there! I eat them on their own. I love the fresh beetroot packs you can get. I also drink the juice that you find in the vacuum packs.

Eh, eh, OKaaayyy, that sounds sick. I couldn't stomach that.
I looked at the peeled ones you get, and there was a tonne of added st in there, including sugar (of all things!!) so I am looking at mashing my own. Or something.

digger_R said:

Juicing them is incredible, can be a bit of an overload at first - I suffered from headaches to start off with as it's massive cleanse for your liver. Recommended to mix 1 part beet to 2/3 parts water to allow your body to absorb all the nutrients in concentrations it likes.
If you drink it for a few days you will feel the difference!
You might want to add something like an apple to sweeten the taste a little if you don't like the earthy taste

Headaches? Right, I do find the taste earthy. I bought some beetroot juice with 10% apple juice, I couldn't even handle more than a glass of that. I saw a recipe on youtube for beets and ginger and something else.

Edited by Halb on Monday 10th September 09:23

[Hoofy]

Halb said:

Hoofy said:

Halb said:

Does anyone ever juice beets?

We're going to have a falling out very soon, Mr Halb. Eating beetroot as they are (peeled!) is heavenly.

If you throw a can of red beetbull at my head, then I very may well trim your goatee.

You eat raw beets?

Not raw. Boiled then skinned. Yummy.

[Halb]

Hoofy said:

Not raw. Boiled then skinned. Yummy.

Yeah, I then read your further post, I did an an edit.^

I'll need to buy some first, then peel them or find a slightly built female to do it for me.
Do they go soft when you boil them? Slow boil?

Here it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cCsu0KQPw4

[Hoofy]

Halb said:

Yeah, I then read your further post, I did an an edit.^

I'll need to buy some first, then peel them or find a slightly built female to do it for me.
Do they go soft when you boil them? Slow boil?

Yeah, vacuum packed when I'm lazy. Boil them as you would carrots. They go nice and soft. I see why you want to blend them now.